IFAD-funded activities target the provinces with the highest rates of poverty and, within those provinces, the poorest people and communities. The participatory approach toward community development is at the core of IFAD-financed initiatives. It has the aim of building the capacity of grass-roots institutions and fostering direct ownership of investment programs by the people who benefit from them.In order to achieve these results the IFAD supported projects carry out the targeting through a participatory process, called the Wealth Ranking system.

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